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in the city? >> right. a good question. the city has set a goal of reducing private auto trips. it's part of the transportation agency's overall strategy. to reduce auto trips, the next five years, by about 11%. how will they do that? they'll grow transit trips. they'll grow bicycling. walking, taxi car trips and car share. there's a method to get to that. what i would say, particularly with things like parking, there's a goal to really think about parking management. how do we have more parking turnover so people aren't necessarily sitting in one space all day but turning over so businesses are getting more customers? >> when you look at san francisco, and some of the things we've done here in the city to make biking more popular, and it does seem to be working, how do we compare? how do we stack up with other cities of a similar size? >> we're doing pretty well, but we're not at the top of the list. we have place like portland that have higher bike ridership number than our own. we have places l
in the city? >> right. a good question. the city has set a goal of reducing private auto trips. it's part of the transportation agency's overall strategy. to reduce auto trips, the next five years, by about 11%. how will they do that? they'll grow transit trips. they'll grow bicycling. walking, taxi car trips and car share. there's a method to get to that. what i would say, particularly with things like parking, there's a goal to really think about parking management. how do we have more...
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the city decided to buy the building in 1999 for $2. we worked and looked at ways that we can utilize the building for an office building. to build an icon i can building that will house a lot of city departments. >> the san francisco public utilities commission has an important job. we provide clean, pristine public drinking water to 2.6 million people in the san francisco bay area from the hetch hetchy regional water system. with also generate clean renewable energy for city services like public buses, hospitals, schools, and much more. and finally, we collect and treat all the city's wastewater and stormwater making it safe enough to discharge into the san francisco bay and pacific ocean. >> in 2006 the puc was planning a record number of projects. >> the public utilities commission is a very infrastructure-rich organization. we're out there rebuilding the water system. we've budget working on power generation in the country. we've been doing sewer for the city. we're looking at a brand-new rebuild of all watt systems in san francisc
the city decided to buy the building in 1999 for $2. we worked and looked at ways that we can utilize the building for an office building. to build an icon i can building that will house a lot of city departments. >> the san francisco public utilities commission has an important job. we provide clean, pristine public drinking water to 2.6 million people in the san francisco bay area from the hetch hetchy regional water system. with also generate clean renewable energy for city services...
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we try to get the deliveris in the city before the stores open. where are those delivery trucks going to go? no. 3, is to me, because of the underserved issue on this, the legality is that they are doing predatory practices. someone comes in with a truck, they pay $9700 a year and they can make a lot more money than the people paying $10,000 for rent, plus probably $3400, and insurance and they have to pay the electrical bills running from $300 to $600 a month. i firmly believe there should be food trucks. i do not believe that they should be in an area that has multiple facilitis that sell the same product. this is a very important case for the city. and i feel sorry for all of you. because it was an ill-prepared, ill-written legislation that should have been tweaked before it came to you. it is so you flawed and convoluted that the dpws that make arbitrary and cap resolution capricious decisions. why don't you accepted it back to the board of supports? >> next speaker, please. >> my name is walter kaplan, when i lived in berkeley i bought my cof
we try to get the deliveris in the city before the stores open. where are those delivery trucks going to go? no. 3, is to me, because of the underserved issue on this, the legality is that they are doing predatory practices. someone comes in with a truck, they pay $9700 a year and they can make a lot more money than the people paying $10,000 for rent, plus probably $3400, and insurance and they have to pay the electrical bills running from $300 to $600 a month. i firmly believe there should be...
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we are the greatest city in the united states and we are an incredible city because our communities come together for our subway and for our giants. second, we have to do more. we have to make sure that we're taking care of not just our daily needs on muni and not just our daily needs for the pedestrians, our sierkists, those in cars, those that walk, but we have to make sure we're investing in the long-term projects, and lafltly i just want to say one thing. we know over the history of time great cities don't regret building subways. they regret not building them. thank you. [applause] >> reverend norman fong has been praying for 20 years. he has been a great champion. he has to collect all of his efforts for so many years to make sure our communities were served well. he's been an advocate and director of the chinese development center, a center invaluable to the growth of our community to plan affordable housing, transit, to open space, to the care for our seniors. the reverend fong we have been recognizing your voice for wells fargo on the radio and we want to give recognition to you
we are the greatest city in the united states and we are an incredible city because our communities come together for our subway and for our giants. second, we have to do more. we have to make sure that we're taking care of not just our daily needs on muni and not just our daily needs for the pedestrians, our sierkists, those in cars, those that walk, but we have to make sure we're investing in the long-term projects, and lafltly i just want to say one thing. we know over the history of time...
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(applause) >> we change policy of the city. we change policy, and we start to be progressive, truly progressive about the policies we push to make african americans feel welcomed in this city. so, where do we go from here? we start to make aggressive efforts to educate our young people. we take ownership of our community. we take ownership of our children. we support each other instead of pointing the finger. where do we go from here? (applause) >> there is much work to do. as supervisor cohen and i cannot do it alone, we need your support. we need your encouragement. so, as we celebrate black history month, we need to reflect and understand and appreciate our history. it is a rich history, one that has made san francisco a great city. it is our time to shape the course of history as we speak by making a change in our great city. so, i'm going to be looking to you all in this audience to be advocates, to be supporters. where do we go from here? our time is now to change the course of history in san francisco. thank you all so m
(applause) >> we change policy of the city. we change policy, and we start to be progressive, truly progressive about the policies we push to make african americans feel welcomed in this city. so, where do we go from here? we start to make aggressive efforts to educate our young people. we take ownership of our community. we take ownership of our children. we support each other instead of pointing the finger. where do we go from here? (applause) >> there is much work to do. as...
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is the city, your city, totally prepared, ready for this? >> we're doing the best that we can, erin. one of the things that we've done is make sure to get the information out to everyone, let them know that it's a time to really be home, to be with your family, to give us an opportunity to really be on the roads trying to clear the roads. the snow is coming down, it's coming down pretty fast as you can see. and we've got a lot of work to do the next 24 hours. so we're asking everyone to please stay off the roads, let us do our job. fortunately we have a lot of good people out there tonight working. we're going to work throughout the night. >> mayor, i know one of the things that hurricane sandy which obviously affected your state as well as much of the mid-atlantic was power outages. i know now a lot of the snow that's coming down where you are, it's heavy, wet snow, the kind of snow that could bring down power lines. are you worried about mass power outages? >> that's actually a huge concern that we have, especially during the wintertime wh
is the city, your city, totally prepared, ready for this? >> we're doing the best that we can, erin. one of the things that we've done is make sure to get the information out to everyone, let them know that it's a time to really be home, to be with your family, to give us an opportunity to really be on the roads trying to clear the roads. the snow is coming down, it's coming down pretty fast as you can see. and we've got a lot of work to do the next 24 hours. so we're asking everyone to...
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court in the city of san francisco. george gibbs will provide the most effective testimony due to his work for many, many years with incarcerated veterans and what their special problems are as well as homeless veterans. he left his right arm on the battle field in vietnam, but he didn't leave his dignity and he didn't leave his heroism there. he has shown that over many years of working with homeless veterans where a lot of people don't take that opportunity to do that. he's worked in the east bay, and events every time they have them, which is a three-day event that helps veterans with all kinds of hands-on help like dental and so on. and also dorothy guy, we need her back on the commission as well. we have other qualified candidates that have spoken. i see that, but we do need our two commissioners that have recently been on the commission back to complete their work. thank you for your consideration. >> thank you. >>> supervisors, michael [speaker not understood], building and construction trades council. i did not
court in the city of san francisco. george gibbs will provide the most effective testimony due to his work for many, many years with incarcerated veterans and what their special problems are as well as homeless veterans. he left his right arm on the battle field in vietnam, but he didn't leave his dignity and he didn't leave his heroism there. he has shown that over many years of working with homeless veterans where a lot of people don't take that opportunity to do that. he's worked in the east...
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so that will go through the city's process hopefully by the february meeting. by the latest march we should have one of the two vacant seats being filled. >> okay. very good. public comment on this item? and we will close public comment. commissioner campos, do you have a comment? >> maybe i can do it as part of the -- i guess i can do it here. on the issue of structure so that folks know. i will be introducing a resolution and would hopefully with the co-sponsorship of of the members of the board of supervisors at some point to modify a prior resolution introduced at the board of supervisors in terms of the scope of the work that some of the lafco staff can do so at the time some of the language that was used was more restrictive so we simply will introduce language that provides more flexibility in that and that's consistent with the direction that we have been going, and not only focusing on cca but other issues under the purview of the lafco so i will introduce that resolution and will be asking some of my colleagues on the board for their co-sponsorship. >
so that will go through the city's process hopefully by the february meeting. by the latest march we should have one of the two vacant seats being filled. >> okay. very good. public comment on this item? and we will close public comment. commissioner campos, do you have a comment? >> maybe i can do it as part of the -- i guess i can do it here. on the issue of structure so that folks know. i will be introducing a resolution and would hopefully with the co-sponsorship of of the...
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bay, the city of emriville. that is what innovation can do for california. it can attract high paying jobs, it can power technological and scientific break through and keep us at the cutting edge of innovation, qb 3 also was the first part of the uc system to create a technical incubator, 280 million dollars raised and they were telling me earlier that a company from moscow wants to come and join and we are out of room and so we have to find more space for our incubator. so it is a small part of a great vision that all of california should be proud of. and i just want to end with a little word about the secret sauce. the secret sauce and life sciences at the university of california at san francisco. the secret sauce in innovation in the university of california and i was meeting with the fed share man in 2000 greenspan and he said governor you have something that no one else has, you have 14 research universities then 12 now 13. ten at the university of california a place that i went to called stanford which by
bay, the city of emriville. that is what innovation can do for california. it can attract high paying jobs, it can power technological and scientific break through and keep us at the cutting edge of innovation, qb 3 also was the first part of the uc system to create a technical incubator, 280 million dollars raised and they were telling me earlier that a company from moscow wants to come and join and we are out of room and so we have to find more space for our incubator. so it is a small part...
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arm of the city government? >> well, dpw is taking the lead. they're the project managers. however, we have, as you may recall, retired captain john goldberg is working with dpw. and interfacing with the construction. and captain connolly is working directly with project managers. i can say that the design team has been involved the staff a lot. i mean, they've come by with presentations and samples and taken us over to the puc building to see what works, what doesn't work. so, i think it's been an interactive process. >> nor oriously construction projects get out of hand or go beyond budget. * notoriously bay bridge, fine example. do we have -- is department of public works, are we using a dispute resolution board on the side to make sure that, you know, this stays on track? what do we have to assure us that this is going to be built within budget? >> well, i know that dpw is very concerned about constantly staying on track and they have a very sophisticated project controls system that monitors the cost. in te
arm of the city government? >> well, dpw is taking the lead. they're the project managers. however, we have, as you may recall, retired captain john goldberg is working with dpw. and interfacing with the construction. and captain connolly is working directly with project managers. i can say that the design team has been involved the staff a lot. i mean, they've come by with presentations and samples and taken us over to the puc building to see what works, what doesn't work. so, i think...
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mayor give his state of the city address. his administration's focus is on creating jobs, making sure that all of our residents have access to those jobs,st and from local hireness and job readiness, training and placement, we are moving towards equality for all with the mayor's leadership. ladies and gentlemen, i'd like to introduce the 43rd mayor of san francisco, mayor edwin lee. pp
mayor give his state of the city address. his administration's focus is on creating jobs, making sure that all of our residents have access to those jobs,st and from local hireness and job readiness, training and placement, we are moving towards equality for all with the mayor's leadership. ladies and gentlemen, i'd like to introduce the 43rd mayor of san francisco, mayor edwin lee. pp
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we want everybody included in the city. we have naomi kelly, harlan kelly, mohammed nuru, rhonda simmons heading upstreamly important departments. and i've got to say this. if we can't get the job done with these people in these important positions or some tremendous progress, i don't know where else to look because this is a great start. yes. (applause) >> but we also have tremendous help from people who are helping us create the policies and the accountability in all the different departments. melva davis, kim brandon, willie adams at the port, chuck collins, [speaker not understood], the reverend amos brown, denise tyson, linda richardson, sonya harris, patricia thomas, veronica honeycut, these are just the names of a few of our commissioners who are heading up those very important divisions of our city. and they are joining with me and with the supervisors and with the department heads to do what mrs. obama asked us to do. whenever we occupy these public positions throughout the city or throughout the state or throughou
we want everybody included in the city. we have naomi kelly, harlan kelly, mohammed nuru, rhonda simmons heading upstreamly important departments. and i've got to say this. if we can't get the job done with these people in these important positions or some tremendous progress, i don't know where else to look because this is a great start. yes. (applause) >> but we also have tremendous help from people who are helping us create the policies and the accountability in all the different...
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the city is not getting any sales tax. we pay sales tax to the city. you are losing. we're geting into more areas. construction. this is common view on 2nd street. 2nd street is under massive construction. and it will be. and if you keep putting the truck in there, we're going to have a nightmare on 2nd street. so i think i would like you to reconsider what you are looking at. also the health problem. we have got a flu epidemic going. you want the people who are serving you food to be properly -- [ inaudible ] >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> can we ask people not to repeat what has been stated by others. thank you. >> i am jeff knoll, i work as an inspector for the san francisco health department. i'm not here representing the city. i am here as a coffee drinker. i am in and out of restaurants regularly, and instead of standing in line at a restaurant, i would rather grab a quick cup of good coffee at expresso subito. >> my name is lynn person and i have lived and worked in san francisco for the last 29 years. i'm a business person in downtown and i guess i'
the city is not getting any sales tax. we pay sales tax to the city. you are losing. we're geting into more areas. construction. this is common view on 2nd street. 2nd street is under massive construction. and it will be. and if you keep putting the truck in there, we're going to have a nightmare on 2nd street. so i think i would like you to reconsider what you are looking at. also the health problem. we have got a flu epidemic going. you want the people who are serving you food to be properly...
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the city is to live the equipment in the ground. i was asked by the chinese community that you to testify in favor of the central subway, something that many people in the neighborhood were against. i'm still in favor of the central subway. it was promised at that time that the equipment will be left in the ground. this promise to leave it in the ground was rated rated by mayor willie brown. >>: good afternoon planning committee. i am michael barrett (sounds like) i am against the project of taking the pagoda location to extricate the machinery. this is been covered in eirs until recently. i want to refer to mr. ed riskin's report (sounds like) from the mta. we continue to make progress with the pagoda palace plan. the effort to change the retrieval site has involved a significant amount of work and a very tight timeline. a little too late to do what they're doing. with a strong supportive supervisor chu, the mayor's office we have worked closely with several city agencies including the planning department, the department of buildin
the city is to live the equipment in the ground. i was asked by the chinese community that you to testify in favor of the central subway, something that many people in the neighborhood were against. i'm still in favor of the central subway. it was promised at that time that the equipment will be left in the ground. this promise to leave it in the ground was rated rated by mayor willie brown. >>: good afternoon planning committee. i am michael barrett (sounds like) i am against the project...
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the big snows won't be for new york city. they'll be farther to the east because the snow continues. we will see, we will see before this is of, anderson, some place with 30 inches of snow or even more. >> wow. all right, chad, appreciate it. amazing job all night long. we'll be right back. [ babies crying ] surprise -- your house was built on an ancient burial ground. [ ghosts moaning ] surprise -- your car needs a new transmission. [ coyote howls ] how about no more surprises? now you can get all the online trading tools you need without any surprise fees. ♪ it's not rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] the next wave of italians has come to america, and the fiat 500 with beats audio is rockin' the block. the italian designed fiat 500. email marketing from constant contact reaches people in a place they're checking every day -- their inbox. and it gives you the tools to create custom emails that drive business. it's just one of the ways constant contact can help you gro
the big snows won't be for new york city. they'll be farther to the east because the snow continues. we will see, we will see before this is of, anderson, some place with 30 inches of snow or even more. >> wow. all right, chad, appreciate it. amazing job all night long. we'll be right back. [ babies crying ] surprise -- your house was built on an ancient burial ground. [ ghosts moaning ] surprise -- your car needs a new transmission. [ coyote howls ] how about no more surprises? now you...
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we also represent the whole city. any district supervisor that focuses on the district without addressing the citywide issues is not doing his or her job. every day, i make sure i am working on the major citywide issues and the district issues. i try to be disciplined about that. >> how will you approach the tough choices? >> i think we have to start by looking at the most critical city services that we cannot do without. what are the ones that if they deteriorated, we will pay the price on? public safety falls into that category as a basic critical service. transportation, making sure we have the functional muni is critical. core public health services like dealing with mental on this on our streets -- with mental illness on our streets. if we do not provide services, we will pay the price. it works out from there in terms of budget priorities. >> with your plans on dealing with homelessness? >> it is homelessness in general and behavior on the streets. we need to make sure people have access to services. i was a sup
we also represent the whole city. any district supervisor that focuses on the district without addressing the citywide issues is not doing his or her job. every day, i make sure i am working on the major citywide issues and the district issues. i try to be disciplined about that. >> how will you approach the tough choices? >> i think we have to start by looking at the most critical city services that we cannot do without. what are the ones that if they deteriorated, we will pay the...
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community, to the city of san francisco. she is a resident. she is a native, well educated, statewide experience, and a very, a very strong team player. and i think what's very refreshing in talking about some of the preservation issues is she's always asking me about the economic development side of it and the economic benefits side of it. and i think that's a very important part of the equation and she certainly recognized it and i think it's a very important asset in this position. so, i strongly recommend that you recommend this reappointment approval to the board. thank you very much. >> thank you. are there any other public comments? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, any thoughts? supervisor breed. >> i'm really excited to move the nomination of commissioner matsuda. she is a district 5 resident, very actively involved and supported by some of the most respected leaders of the japanese community, including i see sandy mori in the audience. thank you for coming today. the service that comes from partici
community, to the city of san francisco. she is a resident. she is a native, well educated, statewide experience, and a very, a very strong team player. and i think what's very refreshing in talking about some of the preservation issues is she's always asking me about the economic development side of it and the economic benefits side of it. and i think that's a very important part of the equation and she certainly recognized it and i think it's a very important asset in this position. so, i...
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here's the radar. the snow has pulled away from the new york city area. you have long island involvement. a good part of the coast of connecticut. you have the inland snow once you get to rhode island. also, still, you have snow going on in massachusetts. from there, all the way into maine. this is going to take a little time to unravel this low and get it to move away and get rid of the wind and snow in those areas. expecting more snow? you bet in the places we just showed you on the radar. at some point, five to six inches of snow coming down an hour in connecticut. that's unbelievable. another five inches of snow in boston. 80-mile-per-hour winds. you're going to have 60-mile-per-hour winds along the shoreline. that storm continues to pull away. we have all day. blizzard warnings out until 1:00 in the afternoon for places like boston, where the snow will continue to fall and blow. you still have the powerful winds and near-whiteout conditions. ginger zee is out in boston. i know it was a howling night for you last night. >> i have to tell you. boston,
here's the radar. the snow has pulled away from the new york city area. you have long island involvement. a good part of the coast of connecticut. you have the inland snow once you get to rhode island. also, still, you have snow going on in massachusetts. from there, all the way into maine. this is going to take a little time to unravel this low and get it to move away and get rid of the wind and snow in those areas. expecting more snow? you bet in the places we just showed you on the radar. at...
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we'll get an update for the snow total in the city within the hour. but in '78 we had almost the same amount of snow but a 2-foot storm a week before. so imagine these banks up to here. that's what they were dealing with 35 years ago. >> we wouldn't be able to see you, erik fisher. anyway, listen. it's all good at this point. >> might be an improvement to the report, right? >> not at all. don't you go there. erik fisher, thank you so much there from boston. >>> let's go now to politics. president obama is on a mission to avoid a series of automatic cuts that could kick in on march 1st. during his weekly address, president obama slammed the republicans' approach on the sequester. >> the current republican plan puts the burden of avoiding those cuts mainly on seniors and middle class families. they'd rather ask more from the vast majority of americans and put our recovery at risk than close even a single tax loophole that benefits the wealthy. >> let's go to nbc's kristen welker who's standing by at the white house. wow, green lawn! i can't even believe
we'll get an update for the snow total in the city within the hour. but in '78 we had almost the same amount of snow but a 2-foot storm a week before. so imagine these banks up to here. that's what they were dealing with 35 years ago. >> we wouldn't be able to see you, erik fisher. anyway, listen. it's all good at this point. >> might be an improvement to the report, right? >> not at all. don't you go there. erik fisher, thank you so much there from boston. >>> let's...
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the city's first whistle blower program. prior to employment with the city and county of san francisco, he was the managing attorney for the asian law caucus. i first met ed in 1992 when he became the executive director for the human rights commission and we were both 16. that's two decades ago, ed. i watched him soon become the director of city purchasing and then going on to become the director of public works. i think ed is the only mayor in city history that can carry tlau on the campaign promise to fill the potholes because he actually knows how and he's the only mayor in city history that can say he actually knows every single city street because his crews probably paved them. i have had the privilege of working alongside ed for many years in city government. he has always been a cherished colleague and friend to everyone in city hall. he's done the job, he gets the job done, never wanting credit, just the satisfaction of doing the right thing for the people he serves in the city and county of san francisco. i was thin
the city's first whistle blower program. prior to employment with the city and county of san francisco, he was the managing attorney for the asian law caucus. i first met ed in 1992 when he became the executive director for the human rights commission and we were both 16. that's two decades ago, ed. i watched him soon become the director of city purchasing and then going on to become the director of public works. i think ed is the only mayor in city history that can carry tlau on the campaign...
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to be the official city. we must be doing something right in san francisco. i am honored to represent the postal service. today is an exciting service. we are proud to celebrate our special time with our friends and the asian community. appreciate the beauty of the stamps for them to use in the new year greetings to families and friends and we capture that beauty this year into celebrating the lunar year stamp. the stamp features the firecrackers that scare off evil spirits and renew hope for the future. the staff is available today at all post offices to help you prepare for the two-year mailings,, greeting cards , party invitations and gifts. we don't have stats available-for-sale at city hall but we do at this table here. we can put the date of issue postmark on them. we have cancellations at lincoln station and also add chinatown for the next 60 days. we are providing the cancellations of those two stations. on behalf of the united states postal service i will like to invite mayor lee and our guests to un
to be the official city. we must be doing something right in san francisco. i am honored to represent the postal service. today is an exciting service. we are proud to celebrate our special time with our friends and the asian community. appreciate the beauty of the stamps for them to use in the new year greetings to families and friends and we capture that beauty this year into celebrating the lunar year stamp. the stamp features the firecrackers that scare off evil spirits and renew hope for...
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the city offered him refuge for one year. the idea was to give him some breathing room and time to feel safe again. his first impressions involved pigeons like these. >> it is not like this in egypt. pigeons do not just come and sit on your hand. in egypt, birds are wary of humans. poles are not like the egyptians are. i have never seen anything like this there. >> a polish club is letting him use an apartment in this district in the west of the city. he updates his blog from here. those who can speak arabic and read what he writes soon begin to understand why he faces problems back home. this afternoon, his message is stark -- islam poses a threat to humanity. especially in the west, a fear of islam should be a normal reaction, just like the fear of falling under the wheels of a moving train. >> that is what i think. i am an atheist. in egypt, everything has become worse under the muslim brotherhood. as far as i'm concerned, there is no moderate islam. osama bin laden was the true face of islam. >> surely the situation in eg
the city offered him refuge for one year. the idea was to give him some breathing room and time to feel safe again. his first impressions involved pigeons like these. >> it is not like this in egypt. pigeons do not just come and sit on your hand. in egypt, birds are wary of humans. poles are not like the egyptians are. i have never seen anything like this there. >> a polish club is letting him use an apartment in this district in the west of the city. he updates his blog from here....
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and i'd like to invite the city administrator for the city and county of san francisco naomi kelly to introduce this award. (applause) >> good evening, everyone. thank you for coming out this evening. it is my honor to just thank all of you and all of the award winners for all of the great work that you do in the community. you are the nuts and bolts of san francisco. you are what makes us resilient, which makes us -- which gives us character. and, so, we appreciate all of you. these awards are important and they're an important opportunity for all of us at city hall to make a moment and salute the people and organizations that work hard every day to make our neighborhoods the very best that they are. so, i have the distinct pleasure to introduce one of my most favorite people, city employees here in san francisco. y'all just heard from mr. clean, and that's who we affectionally call the director of dpw mohammed nuru. and he has a right hand and that right hand, her name is sandra zanega. it doesn't matter what neighborhood you're in, you can call either one of them and they will tell
and i'd like to invite the city administrator for the city and county of san francisco naomi kelly to introduce this award. (applause) >> good evening, everyone. thank you for coming out this evening. it is my honor to just thank all of you and all of the award winners for all of the great work that you do in the community. you are the nuts and bolts of san francisco. you are what makes us resilient, which makes us -- which gives us character. and, so, we appreciate all of you. these...
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the snowstorm put the city that never sleeps in to a deep slumber. when is the last time you saw the streets of new york this empty? here's the snowplow. the first i have seen in about an hour. finally. but the snow is not too bad. it has been coming down a little faster at a pretty good clip. hard for some of the folks who are shoveling the area, hard for them to keep up with it. it continues to pile up here. who's up besides you and me, brooke, but lucas. everyone who passes was drunk. lucas is not, thank goodness. what were you doing tonight? >> hanging out with this girl right here. and we went to karaoke with friends. >> that's a good idea. karaoke -- >> it was a good night. so we decided to go sing, indoor, warm, away from the snow. >> so the snow didn't scare you from having a good time? >> obviously it is hard to take a taxi, but the subway is running so you can take the subway so that was a good option for us and decided to go out. >> we came from princeton. we are here for a friend's birthday and we are -- some of our friends are supposed t
the snowstorm put the city that never sleeps in to a deep slumber. when is the last time you saw the streets of new york this empty? here's the snowplow. the first i have seen in about an hour. finally. but the snow is not too bad. it has been coming down a little faster at a pretty good clip. hard for some of the folks who are shoveling the area, hard for them to keep up with it. it continues to pile up here. who's up besides you and me, brooke, but lucas. everyone who passes was drunk. lucas...
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appreciate the work that city attorney and other city officials and the property owner have been working hard to make this option a reality. we do need to stay in a tight timeline driven by the mta's need to have extraction boxes ready in north beach when the tunnel boring arrives. if we don't get those negotiations done and move forward on these approvals in a timely manner this option will not be possible. that's why i request that. we do have the answers i believe to all the questions raised by commissioners sugaya and moore. is commissioner antonini stated the addendum was done and was thoroughly the seir and seis, the technical issues raised by savemuni.com i could say in all honesty a red herring. de-watering and water is a typical issue that has to be dealt with in any urban environment. the same engineering solution will be pursued in this location, using the location of the station and with a tunnel boring machine goes underground under -- and south of market neighborhood. that is my request. thank you. >> president fong: commissioner borden. >> commissioner borden: thank you fo
appreciate the work that city attorney and other city officials and the property owner have been working hard to make this option a reality. we do need to stay in a tight timeline driven by the mta's need to have extraction boxes ready in north beach when the tunnel boring arrives. if we don't get those negotiations done and move forward on these approvals in a timely manner this option will not be possible. that's why i request that. we do have the answers i believe to all the questions raised...
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there are 101 cities in the nine bay area countries. it's difficult to tell unless you see the city limit signs. paul challenged civic leaders to dissolve the line if the opportunity arises. >> what you have to do is catch the moment when a politician or leader is retiring, maybe it's time to combine our city manager positions or fire departments. >> he spoke at state of the valley conference suggest going to the bay area should think of it as a city state that works cooperatively while saving money and improving services. some bay area services have recognized the benefits of consolidation. los gatos police also serve other residents. >> the bay area has 6 million people and lots of fire department. l.a. county costs less per citizen and they have a fleet of nine fire helicopters. the bay area has no fire helps at all. >> the president of the chamber of commerce embraces the concept. >> we really do as a bay area region how we cooperate and how we consolidate operations from a public sector to really give our taxpayers more bang for th
there are 101 cities in the nine bay area countries. it's difficult to tell unless you see the city limit signs. paul challenged civic leaders to dissolve the line if the opportunity arises. >> what you have to do is catch the moment when a politician or leader is retiring, maybe it's time to combine our city manager positions or fire departments. >> he spoke at state of the valley conference suggest going to the bay area should think of it as a city state that works cooperatively...
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the city and the nation, michelle obama will attend tomorrow's funeral. we graciously appreciate the idea because it says to us that not only is she coming in support of our family but she is apparent. >> a family spokesperson says the girl's parents will be making a statement today because they want the focus to be on her. she had recently taken part in the president's inaugural festivities in washington only one week before she was gunned down about 1 mi. from obama's home. i remember her as a really funny, happy and sweet girl. it really fun person to be around. mourners have been paying respects all afternoon, many are from the neighborhood and they say they feel like they have lost their child. they want to come out and support the family. the majority did not know the family personally but want to show their support. i lost two family members to gun violence so i know what they are going through as for catching her killer gary mccarthy says police have made progress but so far no or arrests today he focused his comments on the big picture we believe
the city and the nation, michelle obama will attend tomorrow's funeral. we graciously appreciate the idea because it says to us that not only is she coming in support of our family but she is apparent. >> a family spokesperson says the girl's parents will be making a statement today because they want the focus to be on her. she had recently taken part in the president's inaugural festivities in washington only one week before she was gunned down about 1 mi. from obama's home. i remember...
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during negotiations the city include the possibility at no cost to the city of leaving the tbm's in the ground under the pagoda palace. we're not saying that's the only option. we understand that the probable choice is going to extract the machines physically from the pagoda palace. but given the probable cost to do that -- not the cost to the city, but the cost to these businesses -- we believe that it would be a mistake 18 months out -- because that's when they're going to arrive in north beach, these tbm's -- to close off the possibility today in our negotiations with the owner of the pagoda palace to not leaving them in the ground. leaving them in the ground there solves a lot of problems. . in the end we agree it's ultimately a city neighborhood choice, but we think that the city should not at this point prevent them from happening in the future. so, please negotiate that possibility now. thank you so much. >> thank you, mr. bruno. anyone else here to address the board on the director's report? come forward, please. is there anybody else who cares to address the board on the direct
during negotiations the city include the possibility at no cost to the city of leaving the tbm's in the ground under the pagoda palace. we're not saying that's the only option. we understand that the probable choice is going to extract the machines physically from the pagoda palace. but given the probable cost to do that -- not the cost to the city, but the cost to these businesses -- we believe that it would be a mistake 18 months out -- because that's when they're going to arrive in north...
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we are all involved both in the city and outside of the city. the suburbanites come into the city to buy drugs, and we consume drugs in the inner city. so the scourge of drugs continues to have a huge impact on our community. killing populations because of the use of drug and killing our population, our youth innocently. just think of the contradiction of that young girl dying, right? honor student, wants to be a doctor. just finished her final examines. doesn't use drugs. and killed. >> yep. >> probably because somebody was using and consuming drugs, and somebody wanted to save the turf and protect the turf they were selling in. >> congressman, i so appreciate you bringing us to that point. because it does feel to me like this is exactly why it gets tough to have this conversation. because it is holistic on the one hand we have the piece tough on guns, but the other piece is addressing the drug war and what it has done in our communities. i so appreciate you joining me tonight, congressman gutierrez. >> thank you. >> and also, the work is going
we are all involved both in the city and outside of the city. the suburbanites come into the city to buy drugs, and we consume drugs in the inner city. so the scourge of drugs continues to have a huge impact on our community. killing populations because of the use of drug and killing our population, our youth innocently. just think of the contradiction of that young girl dying, right? honor student, wants to be a doctor. just finished her final examines. doesn't use drugs. and killed. >>...
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the cost of the blizzard will also tax city budgets. hare in -- here in new york, for every inch of snow it costs the city $1 million to clear and remove the white stuff. center businesses, though, the snow can also be a big opportunity to make a little money. michelle franzen is in central park with that part of the story. good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning, erica. it's picturesque here in central park. when a storm like this big hits, it can wipe out the annual snow-removal budget for cities in just one shot. millions of dollars spent on sand, salt, and snowplows and removal. but there are also businesses and retailers that thrive during and after the storm. when the weather outside is frightful, some people have to be out in it. whether working the plows or traveling snow-packed roads. >> the conditions are horrible. yeah, we've obviously had worse. it's only going to get worse from here. >> reporter: then there are those who revel in whatever mother nature dishes out. >> it's beautiful. i love it. it's been two years, yea
the cost of the blizzard will also tax city budgets. hare in -- here in new york, for every inch of snow it costs the city $1 million to clear and remove the white stuff. center businesses, though, the snow can also be a big opportunity to make a little money. michelle franzen is in central park with that part of the story. good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning, erica. it's picturesque here in central park. when a storm like this big hits, it can wipe out the annual snow-removal...
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the city streets. newark -- let me try that again, newark, new jersey, mayor, cory booker. roll it. tell me what you have seen so far on the streets of newark? >> the conditions are worsening. walked through all five wards of the city checking in on our crews we have out there as well as conditions on the street. a lot of stranded cars now. a lot of people out that shouldn't be. so it's just, you know, very perilous out there, and people need to understand that. stay indoofrs and hunker down for the night. conditions will be bad throughout the morning tomorrow. so this is not the time to take this lightly. very dangerous conditions, especially around motor vehicle accidents. and we also are on alert for possible power outages for newark if the wind starts to pick up. so i'm grateful for the hundreds of workers we have out there from law enforcement to folks plowing and salting streets. a lot of work ahead. >> as the sun will begin to rise in a couple of hours, that's when, as you mentioned, we will get
the city streets. newark -- let me try that again, newark, new jersey, mayor, cory booker. roll it. tell me what you have seen so far on the streets of newark? >> the conditions are worsening. walked through all five wards of the city checking in on our crews we have out there as well as conditions on the street. a lot of stranded cars now. a lot of people out that shouldn't be. so it's just, you know, very perilous out there, and people need to understand that. stay indoofrs and hunker...
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new york city may be the city that never sleeps. certainly quieter than usual today. a foot of snow on the ground in some parts. joining me now is stephanie abrams with a smile on her face. good morning to you, stephanie. what's it like there? >> alex, good morning. we're doing quite well in times square. the front page of "the new york post." nemo bites, snowstorm socks city. the plows have been going around. let me show you what the streets look like. a little snow, a little slush, but plowing and on the back end of the plow trucks, salt poured out behind them. a great job in times square. look at the sidewalks, totally fine. a lot of people know that li in new york, the mound of snow that they push to the sides of streets. snow is over for us, people should get their sleds, bundle up, very cold out here, feels like lower 20s, go to central park and have fun. >> that is you, certainly someone who knows how to have fun when time warrants. we are not seeing big, massive piles on the side. that's been a problem in some places, where has that snow gone? or did the salt
new york city may be the city that never sleeps. certainly quieter than usual today. a foot of snow on the ground in some parts. joining me now is stephanie abrams with a smile on her face. good morning to you, stephanie. what's it like there? >> alex, good morning. we're doing quite well in times square. the front page of "the new york post." nemo bites, snowstorm socks city. the plows have been going around. let me show you what the streets look like. a little snow, a little...
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we have had meetings around the city. do you want to hear -- do you want to hear what i have to say or not? okay. so, we will be having the third meeting on february 11th at the bayview opera house. we've had two previous meetings on subject. we'd love to have your comments heard there. just as you attended the meeting, i believe you said on january 22nd. so, we'd love to have your comments there if you could come, please. >>> [inaudible]. >> well, please call the commission house for that information, okay? >>> march 25th at [inaudible]. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker. >>> commissioners, ray stryker, [speaker not understood]. andrew carnegie said as i get older i pay less attention to what men say. i just watch what they do. i've been coming here several years now and i listen to what you say and i watch what you do. president mazzucco is very, very fond of telling me that i don't control the agenda. he's right, he does. he can arrange the agenda, have it distributed to the public and then ashe [train
we have had meetings around the city. do you want to hear -- do you want to hear what i have to say or not? okay. so, we will be having the third meeting on february 11th at the bayview opera house. we've had two previous meetings on subject. we'd love to have your comments heard there. just as you attended the meeting, i believe you said on january 22nd. so, we'd love to have your comments there if you could come, please. >>> [inaudible]. >> well, please call the commission...
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the city? finally, the most interesting discussion may be the environmental discussion which turn 180 degrees in the last ten years. even within the global warming discussion you talk about carbon footprint and the balkan project which maps where our carbon footprints are, red is bad, green is good, look at the united states and it looks like satellite night sky of the united states, hottest around the cities, cooler in the suburbs, coolest in the country. that measure of co2 per square mile, in 2001, scotch bernstein of the center for neighborhood technology said what happens if instead of measuring ceo to provide we start measuring ceo to person or ceo to perhaps old? only a certain number of us and we can choose to live in places where we pollute more or less? look at sea a 2 per household the red and green just flipped, absolutely change places and healthiest place you can live is in the city. man hadn't burns 1-third of fossil fuels of people in dallas for example using a third of the elec
the city? finally, the most interesting discussion may be the environmental discussion which turn 180 degrees in the last ten years. even within the global warming discussion you talk about carbon footprint and the balkan project which maps where our carbon footprints are, red is bad, green is good, look at the united states and it looks like satellite night sky of the united states, hottest around the cities, cooler in the suburbs, coolest in the country. that measure of co2 per square mile,...
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>> new york city, right? the city that never sleeps. this is a city that is in the middle of a deep slumber. when was the last time you saw the streets practically empty. look at the circle, columbus circle, practically empty. a couple cabs, maybe a snow plow if you're lucky, maybe a city bus. empty. it's like a white christmas today. isn't it? a winter wonderland. it is cold, i'll tell you that, but it's snowing and it's a quiet snow. not much wind going on. so really kind of a calm overhang on this evening in the middle of the night. the snow, though, is continuing to pile up. what i find interesting, though, is i really haven't seen many snow plows go by and the city has promised they were on patrol as of 7:00 tonight. perhaps they're in the boroughs in the neighborhoods making their way through. one interesting difference to this year, though, different from the blizzard that hit here in 2010, the city's kind of learned about it, learned from its mistakes, they have got kind of, brooke, a gps tracker of where the snow plows are. so
>> new york city, right? the city that never sleeps. this is a city that is in the middle of a deep slumber. when was the last time you saw the streets practically empty. look at the circle, columbus circle, practically empty. a couple cabs, maybe a snow plow if you're lucky, maybe a city bus. empty. it's like a white christmas today. isn't it? a winter wonderland. it is cold, i'll tell you that, but it's snowing and it's a quiet snow. not much wind going on. so really kind of a calm...
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the women come from all over the city. we enjoy the program and we are getting people out to have fun in this beautiful city. >> rec and parks womens' volleyball program is available at richmond rec center. please visit us onli come and experience lafayette park and enjoy the people, picnic and sunshine. this is a lovely place to take an afternoon stroll with your loved one hand in hand. located at got and sacramento street in the middle of pacific heights on top of the city's steep rolling hills, lafayette park offers a great place, peaceful beauty. comfortably spaced tables and benches, a playground, rest rooms and tips at the end of the park. plenty of flat areas for football, frisbee, and picnic. lafayette is very much a couples park. this wonderful hilltop park is the place you can share with someone you cherish. lafayette park is located along the round at h
the women come from all over the city. we enjoy the program and we are getting people out to have fun in this beautiful city. >> rec and parks womens' volleyball program is available at richmond rec center. please visit us onli come and experience lafayette park and enjoy the people, picnic and sunshine. this is a lovely place to take an afternoon stroll with your loved one hand in hand. located at got and sacramento street in the middle of pacific heights on top of the city's steep...
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the city, all the way up into maine. now, we're not probably going to see a lot more snow in new york city, maybe 4, 6 more inches, but the big snow totals are going to be massachusetts, connecticut, rhode island, vermont, new hampshire, and maine, because that's where the low is centered. the low is off the coast here. the closer you are to the low, the more snow you'll get. that's what we have now. that's where the snow is. the snow is filling back into new york city, and ashleigh will get more snow tonight. not that much, but she will, and then this wind will be the event for tomorrow as that storm, we call it bombs out. it literally becomes so deep and so intense it will almost be the same strength, the same depth at what hurricane sandy was as it made landfall. the good news with this is that this storm is not going to make landfall. it's going to continue out into the ocean and move away. so maybe 6 to 10 more for albany. everywhere you see this pink, this is all the way from maine, even into nova scotia, back down
the city, all the way up into maine. now, we're not probably going to see a lot more snow in new york city, maybe 4, 6 more inches, but the big snow totals are going to be massachusetts, connecticut, rhode island, vermont, new hampshire, and maine, because that's where the low is centered. the low is off the coast here. the closer you are to the low, the more snow you'll get. that's what we have now. that's where the snow is. the snow is filling back into new york city, and ashleigh will get...
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and the rest of the city, the big digout. once these plows come down the streets it creates mounds on both sides and buries these cars. these two have been at it for an hour and a half. they probably have another hour or so to go. you can see it's just car after car after car that's buried. you've got snowplows and salters that are out on the roads trying to do what they can to make the conditions a little easier. last night you remember i was in this parking lot and i'm not sure if you remember i was talking to anderson cooper and this plower actually got stuck. he's back here today. he has completely reteemed himself. brian, i want to talk about some of the challenges you face being out on the roads trying to clear so people can get through. >> well, a lot of people are trying to clean their cars out and sidewalks and, you know, we're trying to keep it off the street and just getting around on the corners. >> the travel ban is still in effect so only emergency vehicles are out. but you can tell people how difficult the cond
and the rest of the city, the big digout. once these plows come down the streets it creates mounds on both sides and buries these cars. these two have been at it for an hour and a half. they probably have another hour or so to go. you can see it's just car after car after car that's buried. you've got snowplows and salters that are out on the roads trying to do what they can to make the conditions a little easier. last night you remember i was in this parking lot and i'm not sure if you...
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and other signs across the city. it's been -- they have prepared us well. >> i know you guys also stocked up on supplies. earlier, some of the supermarkets in the city were running out of milk, running out of bread. i think you have plenty of other types of supplies to keep you busy. >> we might have other supplies to keep us busy, but we are also, you know, do have supplies and water and things like that. but you know, we are trying to realize that we will be here for the weekend and trying to make sure we have everything that will keep us sustainable through that time period. >> they were telling me earlier, anderson, they hadn't seen snow like this in a few years? >> long time. >> a few years, gut obviously, we still have a lot more to go before the night is over. >> jason, we'll be checking with you. we'll be on the air for two hours and more coverage after that, so all night long. a short drive down the coast from where jason is, ali velshi is in cape cod in the town of dennisport, massachusetts. he's had brutal
and other signs across the city. it's been -- they have prepared us well. >> i know you guys also stocked up on supplies. earlier, some of the supermarkets in the city were running out of milk, running out of bread. i think you have plenty of other types of supplies to keep you busy. >> we might have other supplies to keep us busy, but we are also, you know, do have supplies and water and things like that. but you know, we are trying to realize that we will be here for the weekend...
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the city of boston for the most part shut down this morning. there is that mandatory travel ban, so you won't see any cars on the road. but you'll see first respoernlds and people who have to be working like us. airlines have canceled all of their flights out of logan airport. you won't cash a flight in or out of that airport until tomorrow the early earliest. just a side note we couldn't get out of our hotel. we had to run in the blizzard just to get here and i want to show you this hill, by the way. this is what we ended up coming up. this was the final leg. it's tough to be out here. the wind is stinging you in the face as it's blowing at you in the face. >> terrell brown, thank you. >> we appreciate what terrell is doing out there. >>> new york is in the path of this storm and for residents still recovering from superstorm sandy barely three months ago, this special hit from mother nature is especially kruchlt manuel bojorquez is live with more. good morning, manuel. >> reporter: good morning, rebecca. central park received 8 inches of snow
the city of boston for the most part shut down this morning. there is that mandatory travel ban, so you won't see any cars on the road. but you'll see first respoernlds and people who have to be working like us. airlines have canceled all of their flights out of logan airport. you won't cash a flight in or out of that airport until tomorrow the early earliest. just a side note we couldn't get out of our hotel. we had to run in the blizzard just to get here and i want to show you this hill, by...